Performance of an immunochromatography test for vivax malaria in the Amazon region, Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 390-392

  Ferreira Figueiredo Filho, Alberto ^a   Figueredo, Maria Cristina ^a   Nascimento, José Maria ^a   Pachiano Calvosa, Vanja Suely ^a   Marins Póvoa, Marinete ^a   Dantas Machado, Ricardo Luiz ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Microorganisms Investigation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cromatography; Malaria, vivax, diagnosis; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FILM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0037769910     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000300021     Document Type: Article

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